People Manager

People Manager - Education Sector - Surrey - £51,277

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced People Manager or HR Generalist to join a leading Education organisation.

Reporting into the Director of People and Culture you will lead the delivery of a high quality HR service across the group. Your key responsibilities will include:-

• Leading and developing a team of people professionals, ensuring high performance, collaboration and continuous improvement
• Partnering with managers and senior leaders to design and deliver effective workforce and staffing strategies
• Providing expert advice across employee relations, performance, absence management, recruitment and organisational change
• Overseeing complex casework, including disciplinary, grievance, capability and restructuring activity
• Ensuring fair, consistent and legally compliant application of HR policies and employment law
• Supporting workforce planning, identifying trends, risks and opportunities to improve organisational effectiveness
• Working closely with Payroll, Recruitment, CPD and external legal advisers to ensure seamless service delivery
• Supporting and deliveingr organisational change programmes, including restructuring and consultation processe

You should be an experienced People Manager or an HR Generalist with a track record of leading and coaching teams. A strong knowledge of employment law needs to be combined with experience of managing complex casework, working on organisational change projects and developing HR policies and processes . Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills are essential. You will need to be fully CIPD qualified. Ideally you will have worked in the education or public sector.

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual's skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.